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Tara Oceans Finds Plastic Among Plankton(0)New findings from the Tara Oceans research expedition reveals a startling discovery – the presence of plastic fragments in all of the world's oceans. Based in the French research vessel Tara, a team of 15 scientists are on a comprehensive, 2.5 year voyage spanning 70,000 miles in search of the ocean's smallest citizens: plankton. The team has currently sampled and labelled 1.5 million species of plankton, which is twice the previous estimate of existing plankton species. During their search, however, the team noticed more than just oceanic animal samples; the team found a startling amount of microscopic plastic, with some areas reaching over 50,000 plastic fragments per square kilometre.

Freshwater Dolphins get new protections in Asia(0)The Government of Bangladesh recently declared three new wildlife sanctuaries for endangered freshwater dolphins in the world's largest mangrove ecosystem — the Sundarbans, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) whose conservation work helped pinpoint the locations of the protected areas.